Adopt A Tree From Spencer Finch’s Public Art Installation

DOWNTOWN – Sunday, March 11 marks the final day of Spencer Finch’s Lost Man Creek, a living public art installation which debuted at MetroTech Commons in October 2016. In honor of the closing, Finch and the Public Art Fund are hosting a free tree giveaway.

With Lost Man Creek the Brooklyn-based artist recreated a 790-acre section of California’s Redwood National Park here in Downtown Brooklyn, scaling down the topography and tree heights to 1:100. The 4,500-square-foot public art piece, located on Myrtle Avenue between Jay Street and Flatbush Avenue, is planted with approximately 4,000 young Dawn Redwoods measuring one to four feet tall.

At Sunday’s community tree giveaway, attendees can bring home one of the Dawn Redwood trees featured in the exhibition. Available for adoption, the trees will be potted and will come with care instructions. Remaining trees will be donated to various organizations including Prospect Park Alliance, NYC Parks, The Trust for Governors Island, Kids Escaping Drugs (KED), and more.

Once considered extinct, Dawn Redwoods were rediscovered in central China in the 1940s, according to the Public Art Fund’s announcement for Sunday’s event. Seeds were later reintroduced in the U.S. and the trees now flourish across the country. While commonly cared for like bonsai trees, under proper conditions Dawn Redwoods can grow five feet a year and can stand taller than 130 feet when fully mature.

Lost Man Creek Closing Event: Tree Adoption
Sunday, March 11, 12pm to 2pm (rain or shine)
MetroTech Commons (Myrtle Avenue between Jay Street and Flatbush Avenue), Downtown Brooklyn